Intersection of erasures in Hungarian art history: Erzsebet Schaar
TitleIntersection of erasures in Hungarian art history: Erzsebet Schaar
Author
Call number940.5318082/0041
Object number10317f
Place of publicationWarsaw, Poland
PublisherInstytut Badan´ Literackich PAN
Year of publication
2015
Physical descriptionpp145-157
MaterialArticle
ISBN9788364703249
NotesArticle from the book 'Women and the Holocaust: new perspectives and challenges' pp145-157
Description
The female sculptor, Erzsebet Schaar has a high positiion in modern 20th century Hungarian art. During the Kadar era in Hungary, both Jewish identification and anti-semitism were not talked about, and consequently the historical investigation and memorialization of the Holocaust were severely limited. There was a mutual, silent agreement not to talk about anything that was bothering the present. The Holocaust was erased from public discourse